Photo of the day: LILIES OF THE FIELD
Photo of the day: LILIES OF THE FIELD – Fun facts about the Easter Lily:
| HOUGHTON LEAVES A RYUKYU – Louis Houghton, a soldier during World War I, is responsible for the popularity of the Bermuda lily, better known as the Easter lily, here in the U.S. In 1919, he brought hybrid bulbs home with him to the southern coast of Oregon and gave them to family and friends to plant.
Today, ten growers, most located along the California-Oregon border, in an area known as the “Easter Lily Capital of the World,” produce 95 percent of all bulbs grown commercially in the world. They produced almost 11.5 million bulbs last year for commercial greenhouses in the U.S. and Canada. Easter lilies are the fourth largest crop in wholesale value in the U.S. potted plant market despite a sales window of only two weeks. The Easter lily is native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. The cultivar “Nellie White” is the most popular form of Easter lily in the U.S. To prolong the life of an Easter lily’s blossoms, remove the yellow anthers (pollen-bearing pods) found in the center of each flower. |
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